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Twelfth Grade (Grade 12) US History Questions

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Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Which of the following best summarizes the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?
  1. When the Revolutionary War is over, the colonies will be free from the rule of Britain.
  2. The people of the thirteen colonies wish to now be free and independent states.
  3. When a people separate from their government, they must clearly give the reasons why.
  4. The colonies desire to make peace with Great Britain and bring the war to an end.
Grade 12 Supreme Court Cases
The Supreme Court case that upheld the notion that women were inferior or second class citizens.
  1. Plessy v Ferguson
  2. Bradwell v Illinois
  3. Roe v Wade
  4. Brown v Board of Education
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Which of these ideas did the Founders learn from classical (ancient) political philosophers? Select all that apply.
  1. People must fulfill their obligations to their communities to survive and live well.
  2. Government should help people fulfill their civic and moral responsibilities.
  3. Some forms of freedom can exist in a nondemocratic form of government.
  4. Countries should be ruled by wise people.
  5. Democracies tend to end in tyranny when the poor rebel against the rich.
  6. Government should be the servant, not the master, of the people.
  7. The powers of government should be limited by a constitution.
Grade 12 The Frontier
Grade 12 American Revolution
Which was an achievement of the Second Continental Congress?
  1. preparing a declaration of rights
  2. raising an American army
  3. establishing a strong central government
  4. passing the Intolerable Acts
Grade 12 Supreme Court Cases
This landmark case set the precedent that there can be separate but equal.
  1. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
  2. Roe v. Wade
  3. Plessy v. Ferguson
  4. Miranda v. Arizona
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
How did the Articles of Confederation reflect the colonists' fear of monarchy?
  1. creating a national government headed by a queen
  2. creating a national government with no power
  3. creating a national government without an executive or an executive branch
  4. creating a national government with no judicial system
Grade 12 Civil Rights
This movement had its origins in 1950s and achieved many societal changes during the 1960s starting as a nonviolent movement.
  1. Civil Rights Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. American Civil Liberties Movement
  4. Black Power Movement
Grade 12 Civil Rights
A Sit-Down Strike is when...
  1. People sat on the back of the bus (Rosa Parks).
  2. We all go to Starbucks and sit down and have something to drink.
  3. employees sit down and cause a work stoppage at a place of employment.
  4. When the workers at Dunkin Donuts stop making pastries.
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The Constitutional Convention was convened in:
  1. New York City
  2. Washington, DC
  3. Philadelphia, Pa.
Grade 12 Civil Rights
The use of nonviolence to change unjust laws is known by what term?
  1. civil rights
  2. civil disobedience
  3. civil obedience
  4. civil unrest
Grade 12 Immigration
The process of giving up one's citizenship is
  1. immigration
  2. expatriation
  3. patriotism
  4. impatriation
Grade 12 World War II

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Why did Japan attack the U.S.?
  1. to be the carry-out kings.
  2. they were angered by the American policies the aided the British.
  3. an embargo on Japanese goods.
  4. Pearl Harbor had great surfing.
  5. Both B &C
Grade 12 American Revolution
Author of "Common Sense"
  1. William Blackstone
  2. Robert Morris
  3. John Dickinson
  4. Thomas Paine
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Why did Antifederalists insist on a bill of rights?
  1. to protect rights of the states
  2. to guarantee a strong national government
  3. to protect the rights of slave holders
  4. to protect individual liberties against government
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What did the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan had in common?
  1. government with three branches
  2. strong national government
  3. one house legislature
  4. both of a and b
Grade 12 Supreme Court Cases
Which court case set the standard on abortion?
  1. Tinker v. Des Moines
  2. Roe v. Wade
  3. Plessy v. Ferguson
  4. Miranda v. Arizona
Grade 12 Supreme Court Cases
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say..."
  1. Tinker v. Des Moines
  2. Roe v. Wade
  3. Plessy v. Ferguson
  4. Miranda v. Arizona
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